Isobel's got some Marjorie Dawes gear on
The GSB at the Scouts' Duck Race, The Pennings, Eye - 27th September 2025
Once again the Gislingham Silver Band is doing the duck race down at the Pennings in Eye. This year, the Scouts provide the band with a free hot dog each, and the timing of our playing is such that we actually get to see the race.
next album: A Late September Miscellany, Norfolk and Suffolk - 28th September 2025
previous album: B17 Memorial Visit and Isobel's 100th Park Run, Thornham - 20th September 2025
The boys walk past the old Bofors gun emplacement
Will gets ready on the crockery smash stall
Harry decides to rescue the weird onion thing
Harry gives it thumbs up for his purchase
Alan and Terry chat near the scouts gazebo
The band queues up for hotdogs
Plastic ducks are all laid out
There's a good turnout for the duck race
Will and Sarah clear away broken crockery
People sit around on straw bales
Jules whips up the crowd
Alice and Frederick herd the duck downstream
The ducks are helped along the river
The ducks start to appear near the finish
The lead duck nears the finishing line
A larger group of ducks follows up the rear
There's a giant duck amongst the little ones
Fred and his posse look down from Abbey Bridge
Harry stands on a pole
Jules hands out raffle prizes
Boys work on destroying the straw bales
Raffle tickets are checked
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Isobel's got some Marjorie Dawes gear on
Isobel's got some Marjorie Dawes gear on
The boys walk past the old Bofors gun emplacement
Will gets ready on the crockery smash stall
Harry decides to rescue the weird onion thing
Harry gives it thumbs up for his purchase
Alan and Terry chat near the scouts gazebo
The band queues up for hotdogs
Plastic ducks are all laid out
There's a good turnout for the duck race
Will and Sarah clear away broken crockery
People sit around on straw bales
Jules whips up the crowd
Alice and Frederick herd the duck downstream
The ducks are helped along the river
The ducks start to appear near the finish
The lead duck nears the finishing line
A larger group of ducks follows up the rear
There's a giant duck amongst the little ones
Fred and his posse look down from Abbey Bridge
Harry stands on a pole
Jules hands out raffle prizes
Boys work on destroying the straw bales
Raffle tickets are checked